You've Got to be Kidding!

How many times over your life have you heard, seen, or read something so ridiculous and unbelievable that you said to yourself, “you've got to be kidding”!

Well, today we have all around us examples of people saying or doing stupid, irrational things that fit into the category of “you've got to be kidding"! Here are some of the things that I have observed.

How can a group of 12 regular people on the jury in the Casey Anthony murder trial come up with a “not guilty” verdict after most all the evidence (even though circumstantial) pointed to her having a connection to her child's murder, “you've got to be kidding”!

When Obama and his minions tell us everything is economically “fine” in our country with unemployment over 9% (16% in real terms), the national debt at $14.5 trillion, and the price of gas hovering between $3.50 and $4.00 a gallon, “you've got to be kidding”!

When liberals try to tell us that all Republicans and Conservatives are stupid, people abusers, when in fact the liberals policies and actions prove that they are the one's who are stupid and people abusers, “you've got to be kidding”!

When lawyers troll for clients on T.V. trying to convince people, who may or may not have been injured, that they might have a chance to hit the “legal lottery” by hiring them to sue for money damages, “you've got to be kidding”!

When illegal aliens (a/k/a Undocumented Democrats) are invading our country by the millions and our elected and appointed leaders turn a blind eye to what is happening to our states, cities and towns, “you've got to be kidding”!

When people, who should know better, call illiterate, grunt and groan, crotch grabbing, “potty” mouths “recording artists”, “you've got to be kidding”!

When the so-called women rights organizations (like N.O.W. Etc.) who are supposed to stand up for women, stand idly by as Michelle Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, and Michelle Malkin, are vilified, crucified, and minimalized because they have an opposite opinion than those so-called woman's rights groups, “you've got to kidding”!

When union government workers, who on average make more in wages and benefits than workers in the private sector, sit-in and demonstrate and refuse to make necessary wage and benefit concessions to help solve the financial crises facing our states and cities, and then call the governor's Nazi's and fascists, “you've got to be kidding”!

When our school's, with the highest per capita funding of any school system in the world, continue to turn out an inordinate number of functional illiterates and then demand more funding to continue what they are doing, “you've got to be kidding”!

I hope by now you, after reading my heartfelt rants, don't think I'm kidding because our country is facing a real moral and cultural crisis that must be confronted head-on, and that's why I'm not kidding!

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann

The Left Wing Agenda - Grinding America Down

AGENDA: Grinding America Down (Trailer) from on Vimeo.

This is a very powerful Video to show how the Progressives are chipping away at America.

Chuck on The Right Side

MORT's Meanderings

Just call me, 'anti-Social'.

The invitations keep a-coming, imploring me to join this pal, that friend, or some total stranger in one of the mutual admiration societies known as, Social Networks.

I'm sure I should be flattered that everyone who knows me or feels as though they ought to know me, wants me to be their 'friend' on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and on and on. I've joined and un-joined one or more of these sites, several times.

Whenever I've been overwhelmed by the tantalizingly delicious mental image of millions of people becoming fascinated with my wizened image and hungrily consuming every detail of my personal trials, tribulations and triumphs - I've created a clever password and joined one of these internet thingees. Soon thereafter, when I've sobered up and am re-considering the possible ramifications of having myself undressed and exposed warts and all, for all the world to view - I've hastily tried to uncouple myself from the site to which I'd just 'signed-on'.

In each case I've found to my dismay, that it is not easy to disengage. Oh, it's simple enough to presume that one has successfully 'unsubscribed' by checking a small box at the very bottom of the web page and by providing one's e-address again, for the umpteenth time. However 'final' that unsubscribing process might appear, I believe that the first dozen times the routine is performed, one's declared desire is immediately propelled into outer space on an endless journey through the nether world of black holes. And, I also believe that each time after that when one attempts to unsubscribe, the message is printed out in a U. S. Government building named after the late Sen. Robert Byrd and located somewhere in the hills of West Virginia. Upon completion of the print-out, it is summarily shredded. I sincerely believe that.

So, having bared my I.Q. (Impatience Quotient) for all to see, I appeal to your 'better angels' (Is that presumptuous pandering, or what?) to keep me in your prayers but, off your Tweet lists . . . so to speak.

My e-mail door is wide open; my mailing address remains the same; my phones (residence and cell) are still working and my 'ESP' antenna is always up. So, if you even think of getting in touch, it should be easy. Or, at least, one helluva lot easier than trying to unsubscribe from one of the molasses-covered social sites mentioned previously.

I hope you understand. If you don't understand, I'll understand.

MORT MORT,
the understanding sort

Let's Tax the Filthy Rich!

That's the battle cry from the “loony left” as they try to get votes by demonizing the very successful who also happen to be well-off financially. The “filthy rich”.

Since what most of these “economic illiterates” don't tell you, is that even if the income tax rate was raised to 100% on millionaires and billionaires, it would still not cover the trillions of dollars the government is spending. Do you think that fact might temper the rhetoric of their “class warfare” message? Of course not. They figure (the Liberals, Progressives, Democrats, and Socialists) that there are more non-millionaires and non- billionaires than there are low and middle income voters, so why not play on their emotions and make the “rich” evil and to be despised by the average Joe. This is what they (the Democrats) are going to use in the upcoming election, you can bet on it.

An economic fact that they seem to not comprehend, is that when tax rates are lowered (not done away with as conservatives are painted to want to do by the liberals), our economy tends to become more vibrant and businesses begin to expand and to hire workers which, in turn, brings more revenue to the federal government's coffers. The “Statist” philosophy of more and more government intrusion in our lives, as professed by Obama, is the answer and that “fairness” is the word to justify the confiscation of the money from the job producers and the entrepreneurs. From my experience in life, I was never hired to work for a “poor” person and neither were my friends. You don't create prosperity by taking excess money (by taxing) away from the successful, the givers, and giving those monies to the unsuccessful, the takers.
That Keynesian economic model of spend and spend, on the part of the government, is not geared to be a successful stratagem, but it is the blueprint for failure.

There is a fundamental disconnect between liberals and conservatives. A simplistic definition could be framed as liberals are for more government, government regulation, and control of our lives, and conservatives want the government mostly out of our lives and to let the free market take hold of our lives. Look what's happening in our country today, whatever economic figures that should be up are down, and whatever economic figures that should be down is up. Everything is topsy-turvy and Obama wants to continue on the same path come hell or high water. It's like what Albert Einstein once defined insanity as, a person doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Being a narcissist, Obama cannot or will not see the errors of his policies no matter what the damning facts and figures are. It's a hear no evil, see no evil mentality as he and he alone (as he is the anointed Messiah) knows what's best for all of us.

So when you hear the loons blaspheme the “evil” rich, remember that without them the liberals wouldn't be able to offer all those entitlements that are helping to bankrupt our country because they are the one's that supply the revenue through their taxes, the top 10% of taxpayers pay 70% of all the income taxes collected, and 47% of the wage earners pay no income taxes at all. Is that what you call fairness?

Remember to throw the bums out in 2012.

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann

AFBO: Any Fool But Obama

"Fool me once, fool me twice . . . ." We all know how that one goes.

Obama has done nothing but 'fool' us and 'play us for fools' since he began his run for the presidency.

He skirted the truth in his campaign rhetoric. He avoided the truth in his pronouncements. He was deceitful in his speeches by knowingly obfuscating the truth regarding his real goals and objectives.
And on, and on, and on.

We've come to understand that when we listen to his articulately-delivered anti-free-enterprise Marxist
patter, what we are hearing seldom bears any resemblance to what he truly means or actually intends.
His words are stitched together to form the musical sounds of a pied piper. Those who were mesmerized by those sounds and who voted this political piper into the highest office in the land have, along with the rest of us, been led right off the cliff of sanity. Nothing - absolutely nothing he has done, has worked out to the benefit or well-being of the vast majority of the faith & family-oriented Americans who believe with all their hearts in the traditional goodness and exceptionalism of these United States of America.

In none of his campaign palaver did he hint that immediately upon taking office, he would begin a full frontal attack against our oldest and most dependable allies, Great Britain and Israel. Never did he mention that immediately upon assuming the presidency, he would begin to suck up to and nuckle under each and every sworn enemy of this nation.

He forbade the use of his middle name, 'Hussein', during the campaign. But, the moment he was elected he was once more, Barack Hussein Obama. Not 'Tom', mind you. Or 'Dick' or 'Harry'. . . or even, 'Bill'.
But, ever so proudly and ever so loudly, 'Hussein'. And this time, it was engraved on a nameplate that sat right atop the desk of the President of the United States of America. A portent of deceits to come.

Well, we didn't have to wait very long. We soon learned that the primary tools in his kit bag were: rabid racism; religious bigotry; class warfare; social justice; divisive rhetoric; and finger-pointing. Throw in some end-running around the Constitutionally mandated 3-branch system of our Federal Government; some specially-favored treatment for unions; and some wholesale hiring of 'czars' answerable only to the President, who would be empowered to assume control of practically every aspect of our lives. And, the newly-elected Pres. had plenty more tricks up his sleeve. Neat, huh?

This is how Obama set about keeping his promise to 'fundamentally change this nation'. We were soon to learn that this re-ordering of our lives included the arbitrary redistribution of the entirety of all the wealth of every American. Every cent of every dollar was destined to be redistributed in accordance with the infinite wisdom of Obama's superior intellect, as he applied the economic lessons learned during his life-long immersion in Marxist ideology. The fog of double-speak that had obscured this grand plan began to dissipate, revealing multitudinous layers of deceit. Can you hear me now?

Henceforth, all fools seeking student loans must apply to the sole-source lender, the U. S. Government.
All fools seeking to buy an automobile that was 'Made in the USA', were admonished to ''think' Chevrolet Volt, (less car,but larger price-tag) available from your friendly government-sanctioned auto manufacturer-of-choice, GM.

All fools looking for a mortgage, look to Washington, DC. All fools with any expectation of sleeping comfortably because our nation's borders were secure . . . fuggetaboutit ! All fools seeking economic stability or our return to leadership status among nations . . . don't make me laugh.

All folks who volunteered to serve in our Armed Forces and their families who support them, prepare to see our military handed over to the brilliant, peace-loving strategists at the UN. Your Commander-in-Chief thinks that is the wisest use of our volunteer Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard. Besides that, he'll cut the Defense Budget, thereby permitting the use of those billions to go toward the purchase of crude oil from Venezuela and Brazil. Makes perfect sense, doesn't it?

All we fools who have entrusted our retirement savings to CDs held in FDIC-Insured banks, lotsa luck.
All fools who dutifully purchase those expensive twisted light bulbs containing Mercury but approved by the EPA, that promise to save you big bucks over the next twenty years, lotsa luck with that, too.

All fools who have qualms about welcoming into our nation, millions of free-loading, bad-intentioned illegal invaders and giving them job preference, funding their education, housing, health-care and the results of their unrestricted fornication - get a life. We need the cheap labor and social upheaval. Haven't you heard of shared sacrifice? Don'tcha get it, yet?

All fools who are blind to or just 'not interested' in the Tsunami wave of radical Islam's insidious encroachment into every aspect of our American way of life - might I suggest that you wake up to the extreme danger that is everywhere in our midst? - not soon-to-come but - here right now! Wake up and get educated to the danger.

Decide for yourself if you want to continue to live under the Constitution that has served to keep us as a free people for 235 years or, you would rather exchange it for the unspeakable horrors of Shariah's practices that come with radical Muslim and bloodthirsty Islamic 'neighbors'? You'll see them kneeling by the hundreds as they pray peacefully while blocking our thoroughfares as they do in France, England and other countries where they've taken possession of the streets. Or, you might notice them being called to prayer five times a day over loud-speakers from literally, thousands of mosques located in every community throughout our nation. Mosques can take the form of tiny storefront 'places of worship' or, they might be huge, fenced-in edifices that are way out of proportion to the Muslim population they currently serve. You've heard of being just a little bit pregnant? Think about it, Obama has. He is engaging in 'talks' with the Muslim Brotherhood. But don't sweat it; we might have many months before we lose our nation to this insanity.

Oh, there's more. Much, much more. What fools we mortals be. A large portion of our citizens still appear to be willing to swill down Obama's Kool-Aid as this fraudulent Fool--in-Charge fully expects us to vote him into office for a second term so that he can orchestrate the final phase of his grand plan: 'The Total Destruction of America and its Replacement by Socialism/Marxism/Communism'.

Well, the Presidential election of November 2012 is just now becoming visible over the horizon. Obama has no challenger on the Democrat side; he is it. There are several viable candidates in contention for the Republican nomination. No rock stars are in evidence at this juncture but, there is time left on the clock.

I am confident that a solid conservative will emerge from the pack - one who will swamp Obama.
But, hear me shout at the very top of my lungs - - on election day, November 2012, vote for

'ANY FOOL BUT OBAMA!'

Conservative Commentary by MORT KUFF © 2011

Little by little, drip by drip........

Unfortunately, that's what is happening in our country by the slow erosion of our American Judeo-Christian values that we have championed over the years and that have made us the pre-eminent country of the world. Most objective sane observers would concur with that statement.

But, in our midst there are a gaggle of self-hating Americans and our President, Barack Hussein Obama, who would like to see a “total transformation” of our social and economic society, but they are smart enough not to push their agenda too fast down the throats of the American public. So, if the radical lefty loons can remain in power after the next election, the pace of “transformation” will be accelerated, and the country we have known since its inception will become a distant memory. Obama started out with his ill-timed health care bill, (known as Obamacare), that constituted the government takeover of 1/6 of our economy. The Democrats, ignoring the will of the people, passed this legislative monstrosity with just Democrat votes and no input, of any substance, by the Republicans. The Democrats hail this as a success and an achievement, but more than 60% of the public don't like it and want it repealed. That was one part of the “transformation” that will be an albatross around neck of Obama as he seeks re-election in 2012. Luckily for us, much of the other policies put forth by Obama and the Democrats to “transform” our country, were thwarted by mainly the Republicans and few courageous Democrats.

But, all is not well in “River City” (from the play the Music Man), for over the past 50 years, we've seen the slow erosion of things that we once held dear that seem to no longer matter. Some of these erosion's are:

the breakup of the family by having the government intrude in our everyday lives (ex. since the “War on Poverty” was instituted by LBJ in 1965, today, 70% of the black births are conceived out of wedlock and mostly with no father at home); the assault on the institution of marriage, as has been passed down to us over the centuries, that marriage is defined as between one man and one woman, is longer looked upon as the norm. Now we've been told by the “P.C. Police” that same sex marriage is just as normal as the original pairing of a man and woman, and if you disagree you are then referred to as a homophobe at worst and an intolerant lunatic at best; and that a person being religious is somehow looked upon as that person being illiberal and oppressive, and in addition that person is to be looked upon as being stupid for being a believer; that taking and using drugs should be legalized as being a normal fact of life, mainly because it is too difficult to control, so why bother; and being a success in life is not to be considered an inspiration by the many, but a grievance by the few outspoken lefty loons among us, as being a success means you must've gotten to be a success by trampling upon the rights of others. Hard work and perseverance doesn't seem to matter to them, they want to share the fruits of your labor to people who didn't earn it in the first place.

There are other examples of how we have “defined deviancy down” (a phrase coined by the late Senator , Daniel Patrick Moynihan), to where many of our younger people don't know right from wrong and they think that the world owes them a living. That is the little by little, and drip by drip I was referring to in the headline of this column. We will join the demise of the once great Roman Empire if we don't turn things around, and a good start will be by turning out and voting out the rascals in 2012. It's later than you think, so go out now and do the right thing. All is not lost, yet!

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann

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MSNBC = Mostly Sop Now Broadcast Continually

Is it any wonder that FOX is the #1- watched cable channel on TV? While I've questioned some of its programming choices over the past year or so - whatever its faults - FOX appears to be the only news outlet that even remotely, takes seriously its obligation to address all the pertinent issues of the day. Further, it even has the temerity to challenge the motivations and voracity of the players involved.

On the other hand and typical of the rest of the low-hanging fruit (pun intended) available from all the other TV channels, is unsubstantiated opinion being pontificated by well-coifed but inane non-entities. Is this too-harsh an assessment? Let me provide just one example to support my point:

The mainstay of MSNBC, Chris Mathews and his frequent guest Thomas Friedman, have shmoozed each other for so long with their anti-Republican tirades that the two of them have become an amalgam of looney, far-left ideologies. It doesn't surprise me that they've taken the next short steps to positions that are anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and most disgustingly, anti-American.

That our society tolerates trivial tarts such as these is the painful price we pay for the oftentimes dubious benefits of free speech. Both these smarmies are prime examples of higher-education gone awry. What a waste of somebody's hard-earned money, for tuition.

I first encountered Mathews in March 1983 when he was House Speaker Tip O'Neil's 'go-fer'. I was staging an exhibit of 'communications' vendors in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. Speaker O'Neil cut the ribbon at the opening of that exhibition titled, "Emerging Technology in Communications & Information". At the time, Chris Mathews was just another of the army of bright-eyed Congressional staffers who raced up and down the halls of Congress.

Some years later we met again. This time, at a National Press Club Author's Night book signing event. He was already appearing on the tube as host of, 'Hardball'. We chatted briefly as I signed copies of my book, "The White House Coloring Book", for his kids. He seemed an affable enough guy. Kind of like a large, tousle-haired kid, himself.

I used to watch 'Hardball' fairly regularly until Mathews emerged from his 'neutral' closet and began the trip down the road of openly, far-left partisanship. When he began to display the telltale signs of classic Democrat intolerance, I began to actively dislike him. His frequent guest Thomas Friedman had always rubbed me the wrong way. He seemed such a pompous ass. So, when this pair became joined at the hip, I lost interest, altogether.

I fully expect and can't wait until, at the end of one of the 'Hardball' shows, they kiss each other 'Goodnight' - on camera. Since I no longer watch their carrying-on, I guess I'll just have to be content with reading about it the next day - that is, if there are any newsrags still being published.

Got to go now, I'm getting a funny kinda feeling running up my left leg.

Conservative Commentary by MORT KUFF

Are Opponents of Same Sex Marriage Homophobes?

There has been a full frontal assault by the homosexual lobby to make same sex marriage the norm, in society, by not giving the voting citizens the right to determine why thousands of years of human experience should be done away with by upholding traditional marriage. Whenever the issue comes before the voters (even in the uber-liberal State of California), the legalization of same sex marriage has been turned down. It seems that only by judicial fiat, by activist judges, and pressured state legislatures, can the gay lobby prevail. This could now be called the new tyranny of “marriage equality”.

If you are for traditional marriage, the tolerant “intolerant” gay activists call you homophobic, bigoted, insensitive and many other vile epithets to make you feel guilty about upholding the time honored tradition of marriage, between one-man and one-woman. Where is the tolerance on the part of the homosexual community for people who disagree with their position on marriage? They demand tolerance, but do not reciprocate when they are challenged on their position.

While Americans have become increasingly likely to believe that the laws should not discriminate against gay individuals and gay couples, the public still seems reluctant, through various elections in a number of states, to extend protections of the institution of marriage. Shouldn't the core idea of this Republic be that the legal standards and social norms reflect the preferences (or at least the consent) of the majority of the people? The reason why the gay community takes this “end run” around the election process is that they know they can't win at the polls.

Marriage has existed for centuries, and until recent times, it has always meant a union between a man and a woman. The real issue today is whether marriage should be redefined. Most people who are against gay marriage are generally in favor of civil unions and personal contracts between same sex couples. By being against allowing one person to marry a person of the same sex is not anti-gay, it is pro-marriage, as every civilization has defined it.

Some gay activists have equated gay marriage as being a civil right as compared to the black civil rights movement. According to noted pundit and social commentator, Dennis Prager, “One has to be either ignorant of segregation laws and the routine humiliations experienced by blacks during the era of Jim Crow, or one has to be callous to black suffering, to equate that to a person not being allowed to marry a person of the same sex. They are not in the same moral universe”. Most blacks reject that comparison as they voted overwhelmingly for California's Proposition 8 that defined marriage as being a union of a man and a woman.

When the courts or intimidated state legislatures succumb to the pressure of the gay lobby to extend marriage to gay couples, you unlock the door to the common sense of natural marriage, there is really no end to the aberrant forms of sexual preferences that will then also be suing to demand marriage rights. The floodgates will then be opened and not for the betterment of the community as a whole.

So, in answer to the headline question, the real homophobes are really the one's making that charge and not the one's to whom they oppose – the advocates of traditional marriage.

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann

The First Black President Isn't Black; He's Yellow

Whew! That was close.

After all these years of fostering the impossible dream that we could one day, have a black president - and a 'close-but-no-cigar' false start (remember Bill Clinton bragging that he was the first black president?), so many Americans voted for Obama under the delusional belief that he was black . . . or even, partially black - that the impossible dream came true. He promised to fundamentally change America. And has he ever kept his promise? Yes, he has. In the past 29 months since his election, the America we've known for 230+ years, has become nearly unrecognizable. It is a disaster.

To an ever-growing majority of American voters, it has become increasingly evident that the affable chap who mesmerized more than half the voters in the 2008 presidential election with his eloquence, isn't really a black man, after all. Oh, no question - he is a mix of some black, some white, some brown and some who knows what else. This mystery man from 'who knows where', was recognized early-on as a potentially 'useful tool', by a succession of socialists, communists, mal-contents, pseudo-intellectuals and assorted radicals.

This string of anti-American misfits facilitated the education of Obama and each in turn, contributed to the moulding of the ideology that became his raison d'etre. They placed him on the progressive path to political office and smoothed the way in front of him. They saw to it that he was shielded from the harshness of failure or for that matter, from even the harshness of 'reality'. Community organizer to U.S. Senator from Illinois was a meteoric ride on a greased skid. A mere 100-plus days as a Senator and this man from nowhere was running for the Office of the President of the United States. And, he was elected; it is the stuff of a sci-fi movie.

Fast forward to the end of June 2011 and Obama's prime-time solo performance, speech to the nation. There wasn't anything new in his litany of whines, threats, fear-mongering, racism, class-warfare and deliberate divisiveness. What was new however, was the context. The state of our nation in terms of the economy, our national security and our very survival as a viable 'people' has never been as dire or as close to collapse as we are at this very moment in time. We are reeling from repeated blows to our system of government, our freedoms, our values, our relationships with other nations, our Constitution and our way of life. We are a traumatized people.

Punctuating this critical period in our history, is the awful realization by many who are finding that the veil of omnipotence has been lifted from the formerly stoic-faced Obama the Oracle. What has just been revealed, is the 'Dorian Grey' image of an incompetent impostor, who has been 'outed' by his failures and is in hi-panic mode. He is terrified at the vulnerability of his position. He is stunned at experiencing for the first time, those harsh realities from which he was protected all during his 'formative' years. He is a man on a treadmill, running for his life and realizing that his clothes are on fire.

And, this turkey is making Commander-in-Chief decisions? This cowardly Presidential pretender is playing at war and putting our pride and joy, our finest citizens (our men and women in the Armed Forces) at risk of life and limb? This dimwit is making decisions involving billions and trillions of our tax money, that favor all the wrong people? This 'fake & fraud' is in the final stages of alienating all our traditional allies and beginning an obscene intercourse (with us on the bottom) with the most dangerous of our enemies - the bloodthirsty, radical elements of Islam. This is where the 'Yellow' (mentioned in the headline) comes in. Obama is a coward. Until now, America has never been led by a coward. Fools and mediocre muddlers - yes. But, never until now, led by a coward.

It is time for all (that's, ALL) reasonable men and women in this country to come to their senses. Black, white, brown, yellow, and yes - even pink people, had better come off their high horses, come out of the closet, and come out into the daylight from their close-minded churches and synagogues and mosques. This is 1776 all over again. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil - no longer cuts it. Wake up!

We've got an election to run. We are rushing toward November 2012. And, we'd all better damned well get straight with reality. Obama has to be defeated and his dismally-failed policies repealed and crushed.

There are more good, sensible, patriotic Americans than there are moral weaklings and lazy parasites. It won't be easy to overcome the inertia that has plagued our nation by the so-called 'progressives' (Democrats) who have insinuated themselves into all three branches of our Federal government. Not to mention those State and local officials who view their own self-serving actions as a higher priority than faithfully representing those who elected them. We've got to seek out and support honest, principled candidates for the Presidency and both houses of the Congress.

That's our job, Folks. Let's get to it.

Conservative Commentary by MORT KUFF